The All Progressives Congress in Nasarawa State has elected John Mamman, its immediate-past Chairman, as the new Chairman of the party during its congress held on Saturday.
Mamman alongside other 35 officials were elected through consensus by delegates and stakeholders of the party.
Speaking at the venue of the election on Saturday in Lafia, Abdullahi Garba-Abbas, Chairman of the State congress committee, commended the stakeholders for making the aspirants resolve their differences amicably.
Garba-Abbas said the decision of the stakeholders had made their job to conduct the election easy, and commended them for their political maturity and understanding.
He listed the names of all the newly-elected party officials in the state, including Aliyu Bello, who was elected as the Secretary of the party.
He said his Committee was in the state for the third time, after conducting Ward and Local Government Congresses.
The chairman also inaugurated Local Government officials of the party from the 13 Local Government Areas of the state as part of the mandate of the committee.
Also speaking, Governor Abdullahi Sule expressed gratitude to all the national and state Assemblies members and other stakeholders of the party for their cooperation and support.
Sule explained that the consensus was made possible due to the support by the stakeholders.
He tasked the new officials to quickly settle down to work so as to complement the peace and development efforts of the state government.
He also promised to continue to provide more infrastructure development as well as better welfare to the people of the state in line with the policy of his administration.
The governor congratulated the newly-elected officials and wished them a successful tenure.
In his acceptance speech, Mamman, who spoke on behalf of the new officials, expressed gratitude to the party’s stakeholders and members for the confidence reposed in them and promised not to disappoint them.
He said the new leadership of the party would work hard to ensure the victory of the party in all future elections in the state.